Advice please on Tomato problem

[Twyford]

My wife has been growing ‘Roma’ variety tomato’s for quite a few years without problem. Started off in greenhouse and transferred to garden. This year we were offered some rotted horse manure by a friend who keeps horses. The manure was allegedly two years old. He gave us 3 very large bags, definitely more than we required. We used a bag on each of our tomato patches, well dug in before transplanting from greenhouse. Now the tomatoes have grown really large and strange shape which is not like the firm small oval shape they normally grow to. Have we ruined this years crop, are they now inedible?

 

[That hurts]

Possibly blossom end rot or your wife has grown Butt Plug toms instead of Roma

 

[Twyford]

Possibly blossom end rot or your wife has grown Butt Plug toms instead of Roma

Just googling Butt Plug Tomatoes ....... I’ll get back to you.

 

[Si Titor]

My wife has been growing ‘Roma’ variety tomato’s for quite a few years without problem. Started off in greenhouse and transferred to garden. This year we were offered some rotted horse manure by a friend who keeps horses. The manure was allegedly two years old. He gave us 3 very large bags, definitely more than we required. We used a bag on each of our tomato patches, well dug in before transplanting from greenhouse. Now the tomatoes have grown really large and strange shape which is not like the firm small oval shape they normally grow to. Have we ruined this years crop, are they now inedible?View attachment 784294

I think its recomended to dig in manure the autumn before and let it rest over the winter.

What do they taste like ?

 

[Spud gun]

I think its recomended to dig in manure the autumn before and let it rest over the winter.

What do they taste like ?

Sh1t

Seriously tho horse manure is too rich in nitrogen for tomato plants.

 

[Twyford]

I think its recomended to dig in manure the autumn before and let it rest over the winter.

What do they taste like ?

Haven’t tried tasting yet, I think I read that over fertilising can make them unsafe to eat but can’t find that reference now. They are just much bigger and misshaped compared to previous crops. I’m a bit worried now that the soil may have been slightly contaminated by over fertilising, hopefully time and rain will restore it back to normality.

 

[Spud gun]

Cover the soil in cheap mulch and leave it until next year.

 

[Pete2eyes]

You will be fine to eat the tomatoes as it's a natural fertiliser.
Grow some stingy nettles there, they'll fix nitrogen into the soil.

 

[Twyford]

Possibly blossom end rot or your wife has grown Butt Plug toms instead of Roma

Your reply “butt plugs” taken with your screen name is conjuring up some unsavoury images in my mind

 

[Twyford]

You will be fine to eat the tomatoes as it's a natural fertiliser.
Grow some stingy nettles there, they'll fix nitrogen into the soil.

Your probably right and didn’t know about stinging nettles fixing soil.
Ps.. might get wife to taste them first, after all, they’re her tomatoes

 

[Titanist]

Harvest the stinging nettles next year, mash them up in your water but to recover the nitrogen and water your other plants with it, it’s great for your rhubarb

Your close enough to the sea to do the same with seaweed , just remember to rinse the salt off first

 

[AgentOrange76]

Nettles dont fix nitrogen. They do how ever have a high Nitrogen content in the plant which can be used to make an organic fertilizer.
If left to die and decompose that organic mater would be available to the soil but you would need to remove all the roots otherwise you will get fresh nettles the following year

 

[AgentOrange76]

OP tomatoes will be fine to eat. Manure is a bit much for Tomatoes, you dont want alot of nitrogen as that will encourage leaf and stem growth potentially make the plants floppy. A small amount of homemade compost added to the soil and then feed with a tomato feed when watering

 

[Twyford]

OP tomatoes will be fine to eat. Manure is a bit much for Tomatoes, you dont want alot of nitrogen as that will encourage leaf and stem growth potentially make the plants floppy. A small amount of homemade compost added to the soil and then feed with a tomato feed when watering

Thanks for the advice

 

[Igotknobblies]

You will be fine to eat the tomatoes as it's a natural fertiliser.
Grow some stingy nettles there, they'll fix nitrogen into the soil.

I'd rather peas or beans......they do the same but you can't eat stingers!

 

[Pete2eyes]

I'd rather peas or beans......they do the same but you can't eat stingers!

Have you never heard of nettle soup or tea, high in iron and high in vitamins K A C.

 

[Igotknobblies]

Have you never heard of nettle soup or tea, high in iron and high in vitamins K A C.

Yes, manh plants are edible but taste awful, which is why fes people drink them. I eat spinach. High in iron so I dont need nettles!

 

[David Marchant]

Its just poor seed- not what it said on the packet.
Wont affect the taste.

 

[zakdingel]

One thing as aid it could be the seed did you keep any from last years crop? you can get threw backs that way --also high Nitrogen in the soil will produce lots of foliage --you need high potash into the soil to make big fruits --put some ash from a garden fire onto the plot for next year --or garden lime soon as the crop is out let it stand and wash in threw the winter

 

[Gummage]

A tea made from banana skins makes a good feed for fruiting tomatoes.